#kindle

Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage. H. L. MENCKEN ↗

— Frank I. Luntz

#art

Today, I look forward and I see a future in which games once again are explicitly designed to improve quality of life, to prevent suffering, and to create real, widespread happiness. ↗

— Jane McGonigal

#design

You see, but you do not observe. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#observation

This is a story of how a Baggins had an adventure, and found himself doing and saying things altogether unexpected. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#unexpected

Talk of the abuses of slavery! Humbug! The thing itself is the essence of all abuse! ↗

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

#slavery

They say God never gives us more than we can handle, but sometimes I think God has overestimated what I can take. ↗

— Blaize Clement

#mystery

Whoever named Himmel Street certainly had a healthy sense of irony. Not that is was a living hell. It wasn't. But is sure as hell wasn't heaven, either. ↗

— Markus Zusak

#irony

Like all strong people, she suffered always a measure of loneliness; she was a marginal outsider, a secret infidel of a certain sort. ↗

— Anne Rice

#loneliness

All stories are true,” Skarpi said. “But this one really happened, if that’s what you mean.” He took another slow drink, then smiled again, his bright eyes dancing. “More or less. You have to be a bit of a liar to tell a story the right way. Too much truth confuses the facts. Too much honesty makes you sound insincere. ↗

— Patrick Rothfuss

#kindlehighlight

Brick walls are there for a reason. They give us a chance to show how badly we want ↗

— Randy Pausch

#kindlehighlight